ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta has delighted fans after renaming their dog Win to ‘Won’ following their Premier League title win. The Spaniard brought the chocolate Labrador to the team’s London Colney base in 2023 in a bid to improve the club’s family atmosphere. Mikel Arteta has revealed he has changed the name of Arsenal’s dog ‘Win’ Credit: Men in blazers The chocolate labrador will now be called ‘Won’ after Arsenal won the Premier League titleCredit: Refer to source He also gave it the name ‘Win’ to ensure the players were always thinking of getting three points. Three years after the pup’s arrival, Arsenal finally sealed Prem title glory – their first league crown in 22 years. Sign up for the Arsenal newsletter Thank you! Dream Team is back, free, and there’s £100,000 up for grabs! And Arteta has decided to change the dog’s name to ‘Won’ after the team became champions. He was interviewed by Men in Blazers and asked how Win had changed over the years. Arteta replied: “So we change now – instead of ‘Win’ it’s ‘Won’. And now we’re going to put it – we want to win again. The interviewer then asked: “Is it as simple as this: Get a dog, call it win. Nominative determination does the rest?” Arteta laughed and said: “It’s that simple.” BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Arsenal fans were loving the name change as one said: “This is going to rattle so many rival fans so deliciously.” Most read in Sport Another added: “This is my manager.” A third wrote: “Arteta has changed our lives”. This is the latest left-field change Arteta has made at Arsenal to get them competitive. He previously brought in a club photographer to give a team talk before a game and even used a lightbulb to motivate his players on a matchday. Bringing in Win was one of his more surprising choices that he said would help Arsenal stay “connected” and be a “family”. Arteta brought win into the club’s training ground to bring about a ‘family’ culture Credit: Getty Players have taken well to their canine friend at the club’s London Colney base Credit: Getty He said: “We always talk about family. And being connected. In my opinion a big family like we are at the club, which I feel we are a family, you need a dog to represent that family. “I think there are still things at the club that can be done to connect with people, to be more caring with people, to show love, and I found this dog that in my opinion was the perfect representative of who we are right now. “Her name is Win, we all love winning, and Win needs a lot of love. So the ‘love for Win.’ That is basically it. Arsenal are gearing up for their first Premier League title defence ahead of their season opener against Coventry on Friday night. In the same interview with Men In Blazers, it was suggested to him that Arsenal are now the defending champions. He replied: “Attacking! That’s where we’re going. Now I’ve got inside an experience that I will remember the rest of my life which is sharing that with all the players, all the staff on that bus. “Now we go for more and I want to create something much bigger than that. Comment now
Mikel Arteta changes Win the dog’s name after Premier League title triumph and Arsenal fans love it
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